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April 2013

simple baroque pearl and fluorite necklaces, with a loop to which any number of my charm pendants can be attached with lace or ribbon (and can even hold an errant pair of eyeglasses so they won't go astray)...

and three or four wonderful vintage leather cuffs that i've fashioned from this and from that. go see.

meanwhile, spring has finally arrived in beautiful form, here on firefly road. there was an entire weekend of monsoon rain, something like five inches that fell in a 48 hour period; walter and i hunkered down while i toiled away on workshop sampled (ongoing) and embroidery (also never ending, which is fine by me). we walked in the middle of all that rain, as it never let up and i knew we both would be too stir crazy for comfort; there was a beauty about walking in the middle of a heavy deluge - about seeing water rushing by in places where the ground is normally dry, waterfalls gushing over banks that flank the gravel roads we walk up and down. i wore rain jacket, rain pants, and - stupidly - eyeglasses. i searched for four leaf clovers while my hair became soaked; walter sniffed and ran and jumped and seemed to love the rain. it was glorious. but now i am ready for sunshine, for green. it has arrived. see? xo
my next post, written in the next day or so, will give details on the two workshops i'll be teaching this year: one here in western north carolina this july, and one out on the west coast at french general in october. both promise to be wonderful! xx

yes, i've been hiding out. i've been out of town - very sick - busy. distracted. all of the above.

this is just a quick "look here" post to share with you the new upcycled/vintage leather bracelet wraps that i finished posting in my etsy shop this afternoon. tomorrow i'll be writing a post that shares with you a couple of workshops i'll be teaching. one is right here in western nc, over at western carolina university - through cullowhee mountain arts. a book class, for five days, in the beautiful mountains of my backyard, beginning july 7. i'm excited!
the other is exciting as well - clear across the country in los angeles, at the lovely French General shop, over my birthday weekend, oct. 17-20 ish. i have to double check those specific dates. things seem so upside down right now, even more so than before. but it is spring, i'm lifting my head up out of the sand, and have a few ideas to toss out to you.

Heart Catcher Workshop

You can click on the heart photo above for information regarding this upcoming workshop. I'm offering an early bird, price of $295.00 for the entire two days , if you pay before April 5; after that date, the price will be $320.00.